OSAMA SAADAWI, Senior Structural Design Engineer

OSAMA SAADAWI

Senior Structural Design Engineer

Chemonics

Location
Egypt
Education
Master's degree, Structures & Marine Hydraulics
Experience
19 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 6 Months

Senior Structural Design Engineer at Chemonics
  • Libya - Tripoli
  • December 2010 to February 2011

Reviewed the Chinese contractors’ design drawings of flat & ribbed slabs for housing projects & their foundations in Western Mountain.
Also reviewed the design of manholes & inspection chambers for sewer lines.

Project Manager at Consulting Engineering Co.
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2006 to January 2009

For the design of a mega water desalination plant in Sur, Sultanate of Oman. This included designing:
RC water reservoir, sea water intake pump station, tank farm & bund walls, R/O building, pipe rack & supports.

Lead a team of engineers & draftsmen through the detailed design. Attended design coordination meetings in Sur, Muscat & Paris.

Head of Civil Engineering Dept. at High Institute of Technology
  • Libya
  • October 2002 to August 2004

Responsible for the adminsteration of the department & teaching : Mathematics, Computer Programming, Descriptive Geometry, Auto Cad, Statics & Strength of Materials.

Project Manager at Misr Maintenance
  • Egypt
  • April 1998 to October 1999

*Preparing tender documents for a multi million $ gas/oil depot in Al wadi Al gadid. Liaison with sub_contractors, organizing, budgeting, planning & scheduling .
*Designing special structures for industrial drainage such as caissons & a baffle tank .Provided guidance on AutoCAD detailed drawings.
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Structural Designer at Nice Group
  • Egypt
  • September 1998 to December 1998

Structural designer for a number of different buildings in Egypt.
Managed to save 1/2 Million L.E. in a hotel project in Hergada using own computer programs . Provided guidance on AutoCAD detailed drawings .

Structural Engineer at Nile Consulting Bureau
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • April 1997 to October 1997

Structural Designer for a variety of reinforced concrete & steel structures with their foundations using own computer programs. Provided guidance on detailed drawings.

Structural Designer at Architectural & Planning Group
  • Egypt
  • November 1994 to June 1996

Structural Designer for multistorey buildings & private villas.
Used own computer programs . Provided guidance on detailed Autocad structural drawings.

Senior Construction Engineer at Bechtel
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 1992 to October 1994

For the construction of some 200 piles.
Responsibility included : drilling, bentonite injection,
concreting, sonic testing, dewatering, and survey works.
Also worked on the relocation of utilities in and around the site, supervision of the construction of a pile cap that required pouring 1200 M3 of concrete in 15 hrs.
Project Manager for the extension of industrial buildings
in 6th of October industrial zone, where supervised various civil, mechanical and electrical works.

Senior Civil Engineer at Adgas
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • March 1992 to August 1992

Worked on the concrete rehabilitation project of the
Liqufied Natural Gas -plant at Das Island.
Duties included supervision and monitoring of site
work and coordination of project activities.

Civil Engineer at Al Ghurair Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 1990 to September 1991

*** Supervision of construction of a structural steel
warehouse.
*** Supervision of construction of a 50-M high
reinforced concrete silo and its on top structural
steel to elevation 64.
*** Structural design of foundation for a boiler unit.
*** Steel structural design of beams and gantry for a workshop.
*** Design of a reinforced concrete deck bridge and abutments.

Head of Construction Dept. at Ministry of Social Affairs
  • Oman
  • November 1987 to October 1989

Supervised practical training in the workshops.
Responsible for adminstration of the department,
storage of tools and materials, maintenance of equipments and
teaching the following subjects :
General buildings technology, Industrial organization &safety,
Technical drawing, Cost estimate, and Applied mathematics.

Field Inspector at The American British Consultants
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 1986 to May 1987

For the executon of Cairo waste water network. Supevised
the construction of 8, 9, 10 M diam. reinforced concrete
caissons by the method of sinking shaft. Supervised the
construction of branch and main tunnels under compressed air.

Structural Engineer at Misr Development
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 1981 to December 1985

In charge of all phases of structural design for apartment buildings. Stress analysis of slabs, beams & columns cross sections, and their detailed drawings.
Also designed different foundation systems resting on clayey & sandy soils.

Education

Master's degree, Structures & Marine Hydraulics
  • at The City University of NewYork
  • September 1985

Courses in prestressed concrete,theorey of structures, foundation design, finite elements & computer aided design , direct energy conversion & projects management. Graduation thesis in marine hydraulics.

Specialties & Skills

Steel Design
reinforced concrete structures
Deep Foundations
Foundation Design
Project Management
Basic, Fortran, Excel, AutoCAD2010
Computer Aided Design
MS Word, Excel
Excel Programming

Languages

English
Intermediate
Arabic
Expert
French
Beginner

Memberships

The Egyptian Engineering Syndicate
  • Member
  • January 1980
Gezira Sporting Club
  • Family Member
  • May 1967

Hobbies

  • Chess, Swimming & Football.